Sounds like a great idea

One of the things I want to offer, and I think this would work quite well if Mark can supply the body (or neck) blanks, is to offer a bespoke machinin...

@johnnierox-boo Hi John, sorry to hear that. No rush for the drawing, just whenever you get a chance. The walnut capping was a veneer log core which...

Hi Simon, According to the interweb: Boiled linseed oil in thin coats dries in a few days and can be put into moderate service. Boiled linseed oil...

Iron Gear Alchemist and Rolling Mill it is then, thanks John. (are you sending me that drawing by the way?) On reflection, I am going for a three wa...

If you try to dry logs in the round you will end up with a big pile of firewood!! You have to get it cut into slabs otherwise the whole log will just ...

The Maccaferri necks that I have made all have zero frets. I would definitely recommend a slightly higher fret (one size up) for the zero but also rem...

@robin And if the grain is running at an angle through the plank you can cut two pieces and glue them so that the grain forms a “V” on the end. Its al...

@johnnierox-boo Thank you for taking the time to post such an interesting response and I agree about challenging accepted wisdoms(!) I am at the sha...

@robin Check the direction of the grain as you want the neck to be a close to quarter cut as possible ie the running perpendicular to the fret board. ...

@robin I’d give up sailing and cutting your grass ASAP if I were you! eBay is a great way to get rid of unwanted ‘ex-hobby’ items for when you need to...

I’m hoping to be in the livestream schoolboy pit tomorrow and if anyone can come up with a Bagpress/vacuum joke that I haven’t heard before than I wil...

@david-johnson09 In defence of drummers (and i do find the jokes funny BTW), in my now defunct village band, Brian the drummer, was by far the most ac...

@tv1010101 Hi TV1010101010011001, the first pic in the thread shows them coming off my laser clutter. They are actually remarkably strong given the...

@johnnierox-boo I’m curious as to how the softwood body affects the sound of the guitar. Traditional teaching would suggest that it may not be that gr...

Hi John, No problem. Do you have the drawing as a PDF or only on paper? Either way its easy for me to do, the paper version just requires a little m...

There have been numerous occasions when, if I had a blow torch to hand, things may have take a particularly bad turn!! I have learnt that it is useful...

@tv1010101 YesTV, it’s nearly always you that does that!! ? The thing is, if you are concentrating on Mark then you don’t really see the comments (...

I’m up for organising/hosting some kind of meet in the South East (North Hertfordshire). Also happy to do a bit of a factory tour/lunch whenever anyon...